Big Spender – Card Game Bootcamp

This workout is inspired by the ‘Buy in’ concept used in many CrossFit workout. I have used it a little differently but thanks to Jess for sharing this concept with me.

I ran this workout at our local amphitheater so I’ve included some alternatives at the bottom for those not blessed with a bunch of hills, stairs and high steps in close proximity to each other.

Big Spender

Time: 45 minutes

Equipment: Just a couple decks of cards.

Set up:

The night or day before you run this workout, take your deck(s) of cards and sort them into 5 piles.

Put all of the face cards and jokers in the first pile. Each of the remaining for piles should contain the Ace through 10 of just one suit. Repeat with another deck if you predict more then 16 campers at your session.

Make sure wheny ou put the cards away you can easily sort them into these five piles again at the workout.

The Concept

After a 10 minute warm up, split the group into teams of three or four of similar fitness. Assign a team as advanced, intermediate or beginner.

This workout is kind of like any gambling card game. There is a buy in round in which clients need to do a set of exercises in order ‘buy in’ and be able to draw a card.

Each team is given their own set of 10 cards – ace through 10 of one suit. The cards are shuffled so that when a team picks a card they get a random number between one and ten.

They should then complete the corresponding exercise to that card. Used cards should be put into a discard pile.

Teams will then need to ‘buy in’ again to pick another card. The workout is complete once all ten cards have been completed or the time is up.

The Buy In

To be completed together by the whole team:

Push Ups x5

Dips x5

Step Ups x5/leg

The Cards

In brackets following the drill is (advanced, intermediate, beginner) levels. If there is just one option, all levels complete that option.

[Ace] The Snake (run to the top, just the second turn, just the first turn)

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